He is believed to have gone missing shortly after jeweller Marian Bates was shot dead during a robbery at the Time Centre, in Arnold, in September 2003.

Police wanted to speak to Brodie over her murder. He was also wanted for three armed robberies and a racially aggravated assault, all of which were committed in a 12-hour period three weeks before Marian Bates was killed

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Brodie, who was 19, has not made any contact with family or friends in more than nine years.